"
A
forma!lity scale
It
is
oo Jre :;!ed
to
the
setting
or type
as
court, the language choice
Informal
1\}
functional
scales
dimension
relai.cs to
the
purposes
or
topic
of
internctioo.
The
more
inJrorm tti\te the
topic
is,
the
less it
crn1v!:vs speaker's
feelings.
An
obvious
exJample is tile news
anchor.
T:'le news
am;hclr
to
emphasis
more
on
inforntmrioo
referential
fut1ctinn) so
fuat
affective function is less c.onremed (ibid
10)
infornmtion
content----···---------
iv.fmmatirn:ccntent
1
'
Affective
affective content
High affective content
The
main
oonrem for
this
IS
on the participants fr001
soou
.
h
'
:rtatus perspecti
.
ve.
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